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BBC One drama Bodyguard has been unveiled as the UK’s most-watched TV show since records first began. The gripping finale was watched by an audience of 17.1 million, 28-day 4-screen figures have revealed. The statistics mark the show as the most watched episode of any drama series across all channels since the records were first tallied in 2002. This is the largest audience recorded for a TV programme outside of sporting and national events since 2010. Bodyguard was also BBC iPlayer’s most successful box set ever, amassing over 38 million requests, with fans who were late-to-the-party flocking to catch-up on the drama. BBC content director Charlotte Moore said: “Bodyguard continues to smash records and thrill new audiences everyday via the boxset, which is available exclusively on BBC iPlayer for the next five months." The show, penned by Line of Duty creator Jed Mercurio centred on police protection officer and Afghanistan war veteran David Budd, played by … [Read more...] about Bodyguard is the UK’s most-watched drama since records began

Love Island smashes another record to become most-watched ITV2 show ever BelfastTelegraph.co.uk The latest episode of Love Island has smashed its own record to become the most-watched programme ever on ITV2. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/love-island-smashes-another-record-to-become-mostwatched-itv2-show-ever-37075888.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/article37075884.ece/7cccd/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_a6c5e8c3-ffa5-46ed-a30c-94c01dffc571_1 Email The latest episode of Love Island has smashed its own record to become the most-watched programme ever on ITV2. Monday night’s broadcast of the reality dating show scored an average of 3.4 million viewers and an audience share of 17.4%, according to overnight ratings. The episode, which saw a dramatic recoupling as half of the contestants returned from makeshift home Casa Amor to the original villa, peaked at 4 million viewers. ITV said the broadcast was up by 1.5 … [Read more...] about Love Island smashes another record to become most-watched ITV2 show ever

Have you ever searched for your favourite TV or film online and been left completely baffled when the term 'Easter egg' pops up? Well so have we, and believe it or not it has absolutely nothing to do with the seasonal chocolate treats. Here's everything you need to know about Easter eggs in TV shows and films. What are Easter eggs? These are hidden references, inside jokes or clues placed in movies, television programmes and video games. Think of them like secret love letters written by the show's creators to their eagle-eyed fans. The messages aren't usually obvious and sometimes it can take a die-hard fan to spot them. Where does the name come from? It is believed the name derives from the idea of going on a traditional Easter egg hunt - the task of finding an object that has been concealed with the intention of it being found. It is unclear who invented the concept but film director Alfred Hitchcock perhaps made use of them more than most. He made cameos in 39 of his films - … [Read more...] about You’ll never watch TV in quite the same way after reading this

135 million hours! That's the kind of total that sounds graspable and understandable, but it's a hell of a lot of hours, buddy. (Don't call me buddy, guy.) To put it into context, a year only has 8,760 hours in it. And if episodes are averaged out to be 22 minutes, that means individual installments were streamed over 6.13 million times in 2017 alone. Just to break it down further, you'd have to watch each episode 21,584 times to match that total. And I just don't think you have that kind of time on your hands. … [Read more...] about Hulu’s Most-Watched TV Show In 2017 Is Not At All What We Expected

BRITAIN'S Got Talent only returned to our screens this weekend but it's already ITV's most watched entertainment show of the year - with more than 8 million viewers. The comeback episode of the talent show, hosted by Ant & Dec, saw judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams and Amanda Holden moved by a magician's emotional performance. ITV say it was also the most popular programme across all the channels so far this year for 16 to 34-year-olds. But the show, which has given us the likes of Diversity and Susan Boyle, actually saw a fall in viewing figures on last year's kick-off, which drew in 8.7 million, with a 42% audience share. But Saturday night's show peaked at 9.6 million viewers with a 41% audience share - making it the most watched programme of the night. It surpassed the Grand National, aired on ITV earlier that afternoon, which saw a peak of 8.5 million viewers - an increase on last year's 8.2 million. Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly give BGT Golden Buzzer … [Read more...] about Britain’s Got Talent return is ITV’s most watched entertainment show of the year with more than 8 million viewers